UDC 746.3
DOI: 10.36871/hon.202401164
Authors
Zhanerke N. Shaygozova,
Abai Kazakh National Pedagogical University, Almaty, 050010, Republic of Kazakhstan
Abstract
The article considers some aspects of archetypal plots and images of Kazakh and, more broadly, Turkic culture, embodied in artistic embroidery of Kazakhstan in the XXIst century. The study focuses on the work of Zeynelkhan Mukhamedjanuly, Botagoz Zeynelkhan, Kalimkhan Rakhmetbaikyzy, Gulnazym and Ainur Omirzak, who are the brightest representatives of Kazakh ethnomodernism. To achieve the goal, a comprehensive method combining historical and art history approaches was chosen. In this context, it was important to study some features of plots and images of Kazakh embroidery, which allowed us to identify a certain repertoire of favorite motifs of traditional craftswomen. Folk ornaments are interpreted in a new and original way by contemporary artists of Kazakhstan. It is safe to say that contemporary artists not only continue the tradition of decorative embroidery, but also strengthen it through the unity with archetypal plots and images. However, the artists do not strive for the most accurate “translation” of these plots and images into modern visual culture, but present them, as well as the technology of ancient embroidery itself, as one of the new directions of art in Kazakhstan. Thus, the ancient Eurasian tambour stitch biz keste, the leitmotif of Kazakh traditional embroidery, is experiencing a new impulse of development.
Keywords
archetypal plots and images, artistic embroidery, Kazakhstan, artists, tradition, innovation
